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CFP: Theory and Practice in the Comp Classroom (4/15/06; MMLA, 11/9/06-11/12/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:17pm
John Walter

Theory and Practice in the Composition Classroom

  Abstracts exploring the intersection, or lack thereof, between rhetoric
and composition theory and classroom practice are invited for 20-minute
papers to be presented in a proposed session for the 2006 M/MLA Conference
to be held in Chicago on November 9-12.

  For further information on the conference, please see the Web site:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~mmla/

  Please submit one-page abstracts via email by April 15,
2006 to:

Gina M. Merys, mahaffey_at_slu.edu

or

John Walter, walterj_at_slu.edu

CFP: Lowell's Letters & Collected Poems (3/15/06; MLA '06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:01pm
Marit MacArthur

CFP: Robert Lowell's Letters & Collected Poems

We seek papers that explore the implications, for teaching and for
American literary history, of the publication of The Letters of Robert
Lowell (2005) and The Collected Poems of Robert Lowell (2003). Papers
might explore these questions:

CFP: Lowell's Letters & Collected Poems (3/15/06; MLA '06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:01pm
Marit MacArthur

CFP: Robert Lowell's Letters & Collected Poems

We seek papers that explore the implications, for teaching and for
American literary history, of the publication of The Letters of Robert
Lowell (2005) and The Collected Poems of Robert Lowell (2003). Papers
might explore these questions:

CFP: Creative Nonfiction Writers (3/15/06; SAMLA, 11/10/06-11/12/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:01pm
Tara Powell

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Session Title: SAMLA Creative Nonfiction Writers Read
South Atlantic MLA Convention
November 10-12, 2006
Charlotte, North Carolina
Deadline: March 15, 2006

Send up to ten pages of creative nonfiction along with a CV and cover =
letter by March 15 to

Dr. Tara Powell
SAMLA Creative Nonfiction Reading
USC Institute for Southern Studies
107 Gambrell Hall
Columbia, SC 29208

or email

tfpowell_at_gmail.com.

CFP: Romanticism (3/1/06; RMMLA, 10/12/06-10/14/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:00pm
Tayebi, Kandi A

CFP: Romanticism
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
October 12-14
Tucson, Arizona
 
Proposals are sought for 15-20 minute presentations on any topic in
Romanticism (British or American) for the Romanticism panel at RMMLA.
The time period may stretch from the late 18th century through the 19th
century. We are hoping for a nice mixture of papers on canonical and
non-canonical texts.
 
Please submit a 300 word abstract, title, and short cv (all in the
e-mail text) to Kandi Tayebi at eng_kat_at_shsu.edu
by March 1, 2006.

CFP: (Teaching) Mary Shelley and Her Circle (3/1/06; RMMLA, 10/12/06-10/14/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:00pm
Webster Garrett Erin L.

**Please Post**

SECOND CFP-(TEACHING) MARY SHELLEY AND/OR HER CIRCLE

60th Annual RMMLA Convention

Tucson, AZ (October 12-14, 2006)

=20

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS MARCH 1, 2006

=20

=20

Abstracts for 15-20-minute papers on any aspect of Mary Shelley and/or
her Circle are currently invited for possible inclusion at the 60th
Annual RMMLA Convention to be held in Tucson, AZ from October 12-14.
Proposals that give attention to teaching the Shelley Coterie will be
given special consideration. Proposals may be sent either
electronically or by regular post to

=20

Dr. Erin Webster-Garrett

Radford University

Department of English

PO Box 6935

CFP: (Teaching) Mary Shelley and Her Circle (3/1/06; RMMLA, 10/12/06-10/14/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:00pm
Webster Garrett Erin L.

**Please Post**

SECOND CFP-(TEACHING) MARY SHELLEY AND/OR HER CIRCLE

60th Annual RMMLA Convention

Tucson, AZ (October 12-14, 2006)

=20

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS MARCH 1, 2006

=20

=20

Abstracts for 15-20-minute papers on any aspect of Mary Shelley and/or
her Circle are currently invited for possible inclusion at the 60th
Annual RMMLA Convention to be held in Tucson, AZ from October 12-14.
Proposals that give attention to teaching the Shelley Coterie will be
given special consideration. Proposals may be sent either
electronically or by regular post to

=20

Dr. Erin Webster-Garrett

Radford University

Department of English

PO Box 6935

CFP: (Teaching) Mary Shelley and Her Circle (3/1/06; RMMLA, 10/12/06-10/14/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:00pm
Webster Garrett Erin L.

**Please Post**

SECOND CFP-(TEACHING) MARY SHELLEY AND/OR HER CIRCLE

60th Annual RMMLA Convention

Tucson, AZ (October 12-14, 2006)

=20

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS MARCH 1, 2006

=20

=20

Abstracts for 15-20-minute papers on any aspect of Mary Shelley and/or
her Circle are currently invited for possible inclusion at the 60th
Annual RMMLA Convention to be held in Tucson, AZ from October 12-14.
Proposals that give attention to teaching the Shelley Coterie will be
given special consideration. Proposals may be sent either
electronically or by regular post to

=20

Dr. Erin Webster-Garrett

Radford University

Department of English

PO Box 6935

CFP: Creative Writing (grad) (3/1/06; EGSO, 4/22/06-4/23/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:00pm
EGSO Albany

  Call for Panels and Papers: NEW DEADLINE 3/1/06
   
  The English Graduate Student Organization (EGSO) of the University at Albany, SUNY announces its annual graduate student conference Saturday April 22 and Sunday 23, 2006:
   
  Changing the Subject: Poiesis, Praxis, and Theoria in the Humanities
   
  Robert Scholes is the Keynote Speaker, presenting a paper titled "Changing the Subject: Periodical Studies"
   
        As part of the annual conference, we are seeking creative writers to read from their current work. Genres of interest include poetry, fiction, drama, and multi-media.
   

CFP: Rhetorical Approaches to Literature (3/15/06; PAMLA, 11/10/06-11/11/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:00pm
L. Coklin

CFP: Rhetorical Approaches to Literature (3/15/06; PAMLA 11/10/06-11/11/=
06)
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference (PAMLA)
***Panel Topic: Rhetorical Approaches to Literature***
10-11 November 2006
UC Riverside
Riverside, CA
Deadline: 15 March 2006
Please send proposals for a panel on rhetorical approaches to literature=
 -- any period. The submission should include the following:
- 500-word proposal
- 50-word abstract
You can send your submission in the body of the message or as an attachm=
ent to the following address: lcoklin_at_writing.ucsb.edu
For more information regarding membership and conference registration, p=

CFP: Creative Writing (grad) (3/1/06; EGSO, 4/22/06-4/23/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:00pm
EGSO Albany

  Call for Panels and Papers: NEW DEADLINE 3/1/06
   
  The English Graduate Student Organization (EGSO) of the University at Albany, SUNY announces its annual graduate student conference Saturday April 22 and Sunday 23, 2006:
   
  Changing the Subject: Poiesis, Praxis, and Theoria in the Humanities
   
  Robert Scholes is the Keynote Speaker, presenting a paper titled "Changing the Subject: Periodical Studies"
   
        As part of the annual conference, we are seeking creative writers to read from their current work. Genres of interest include poetry, fiction, drama, and multi-media.
   

CFP: Rhetorical Approaches to Literature (3/15/06; PAMLA, 11/10/06-11/11/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:00pm
L. Coklin

CFP: Rhetorical Approaches to Literature (3/15/06; PAMLA 11/10/06-11/11/=
06)
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference (PAMLA)
***Panel Topic: Rhetorical Approaches to Literature***
10-11 November 2006
UC Riverside
Riverside, CA
Deadline: 15 March 2006
Please send proposals for a panel on rhetorical approaches to literature=
 -- any period. The submission should include the following:
- 500-word proposal
- 50-word abstract
You can send your submission in the body of the message or as an attachm=
ent to the following address: lcoklin_at_writing.ucsb.edu
For more information regarding membership and conference registration, p=

CFP: Alternative Expressions of the Numinous (Australia) (6/2/06; 8/18/06-8/20/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:00pm
Helen Farley

The Queensland Society for the Study of Religion (QSSR)
in conjunction with the
School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, University of=20
Queensland
and the
Straight Out of Brisbane Festival (SOOB)

presents the inaugural QSSR conference

*************************************
***Alternative Expressions of the Numinous***
*************************************

**Date: Friday 18 - Sunday 20 August 2006

**Venue: School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, =
University=20
of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Australia

**Conference Chairs:

Helen Farley
Danielle Kirby, and
Julie Washington

**Confirmed Speakers:

CFP: Alternative Expressions of the Numinous (Australia) (6/2/06; 8/18/06-8/20/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:00pm
Helen Farley

The Queensland Society for the Study of Religion (QSSR)
in conjunction with the
School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, University of=20
Queensland
and the
Straight Out of Brisbane Festival (SOOB)

presents the inaugural QSSR conference

*************************************
***Alternative Expressions of the Numinous***
*************************************

**Date: Friday 18 - Sunday 20 August 2006

**Venue: School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, =
University=20
of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Australia

**Conference Chairs:

Helen Farley
Danielle Kirby, and
Julie Washington

**Confirmed Speakers:

CFP: Alternative Expressions of the Numinous (Australia) (6/2/06; 8/18/06-8/20/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:00pm
Helen Farley

The Queensland Society for the Study of Religion (QSSR)
in conjunction with the
School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, University of=20
Queensland
and the
Straight Out of Brisbane Festival (SOOB)

presents the inaugural QSSR conference

*************************************
***Alternative Expressions of the Numinous***
*************************************

**Date: Friday 18 - Sunday 20 August 2006

**Venue: School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, =
University=20
of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Australia

**Conference Chairs:

Helen Farley
Danielle Kirby, and
Julie Washington

**Confirmed Speakers:

CFP: Ecocriticism in the 21st century (UK) (5/1/06; 9/8/06-9/10/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:00pm
Rupert Hildyard

DISCORDANT HARMONIES: ECOCRITICISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY

ASLE UK BIENNIAL CONFERENCE 2006
8th - 10th September 2006
University of Lincoln, England, U.K.

Call for papers: deadline May 1st 2006

The perception that we are living at a time of deepening ecological
crisis is now urgent and pervasive. What do literature and culture have
to say at this moment in the history of human relationships with our
environment?

CFP: Ecocriticism in the 21st century (UK) (5/1/06; 9/8/06-9/10/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:00pm
Rupert Hildyard

DISCORDANT HARMONIES: ECOCRITICISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY

ASLE UK BIENNIAL CONFERENCE 2006
8th - 10th September 2006
University of Lincoln, England, U.K.

Call for papers: deadline May 1st 2006

The perception that we are living at a time of deepening ecological
crisis is now urgent and pervasive. What do literature and culture have
to say at this moment in the history of human relationships with our
environment?

CFP: Ecocriticism in the 21st century (UK) (5/1/06; 9/8/06-9/10/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:00pm
Rupert Hildyard

DISCORDANT HARMONIES: ECOCRITICISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY

ASLE UK BIENNIAL CONFERENCE 2006
8th - 10th September 2006
University of Lincoln, England, U.K.

Call for papers: deadline May 1st 2006

The perception that we are living at a time of deepening ecological
crisis is now urgent and pervasive. What do literature and culture have
to say at this moment in the history of human relationships with our
environment?

UPDATE: Crisis in the Academy (3/1/06; 4/21/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:00pm
Nicole McClure

THE PROGRAM IN COMPARATIVE LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES

The University of Connecticut

Crisis in the Academy

Call for Papers - Deadline extended to March 1, 2006

CFP: Dance Matters (India) (3/30/06; 8/10/06-8/11/06)

updated: 
Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:00pm
nilanjana gupta

CALL FOR PAPERS

Dance Matters

The School of Media, Communication and Culture at
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India is pleased to
announce a two-day symposium titled Dance Matters on
August 10-11 2006. This symposium proposes to bring
to the forefront innovative approaches that have
placed dance at the center of scholarly research on
body, ritual, culture, identity, history, gender, and
power. Selected papers from the symposium will be
published in a book.

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